News

We are delighted to announce that Rhia Abukhalil has accepted an invitation to join St John’s Buildings after completing her third six pupillage.

Sufiyan Rana represented the family of Lily Mae Teale (10 months old) at a 3-day multi party inquest at Doncaster Coroners Court following which the Coroner made two Regulation 28 reports relating to the walk-in centre and the treating GP.

Richard Orme recently defended PC Anthony Ford at Liverpool Crown Court.

Mark Connor successfully prosecuted an OCG of 6 Romanian nationals who stole goods from Asda to a value in excess of £160K.

Mark Senior appeared for the children in a groundbreaking Court of Appeal case.

David Flood has recently appeared in the Supreme Court case of Efobi (Apellant) -v- Royal Mail Group (Respondent). The key issue is whether the Claimant bears the burden of proving that discrimination has occurred or whether the burden is neutral under Section 136 of The Equality Act 2010.

Our building in Manchester forms the backdrop to a major new 5-part ITV crime drama which airs each night this week.

Douglas Denton recently acted for one of the Defendants in an appeal in the High Court in Birmingham in the case of Hunt v Annolight Ltd.

Andrew O’Byrne QC and David James represented Thomas Anderson who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the attempted murders of three men.

David James has prosecuted two men for their involvement in the importation of 615kg of cocaine and heroin.

Lorraine Cavanagh QC recently appeared in the four conjoined Domestic Abuse appeals before the Court of Appeal [Re H-N and Others] for an intervener, the ALC.

Maria Brannan successfully defended a young woman charged with seriously assaulting her ex-partner.